Improvement in writing-tablets



G. M, DIMMOCK. WRITINGJYABLETS.

No. 194,137 Patented Aug. 14,1877.

N.FE|'E.RS. PflDTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, Dv C.

Umrrnn STATES" PATENT OFFIon.

GEORGE M. DIMMOOK, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WRITING-TABLETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,13'2, dated August14, 1877 7 July 16, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE DIMMooK, ofSpringfield, county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Writing-Tablets, which improvements arefully set forth in the annexed specification and in the accompanyingdrawing, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical face View of my tablet, andFig. 2is a vertical edge view of same.

The object of my invention is to provide a more convenient article thanhas heretofore been made for retaining in a convenient positiontogether, ready for writing upon at any moment, pieces of paper, and apencil to be used therewith; also, to provide, by a peculiarconstruction of said writing-tablet, a simple but effective means forretaining several separate sheets of paper therein, together with apencil; and a simple method for disengaging sheets therefrom withoutincurring any risk of tearing them.

In the drawing, A is the body of the tablet. B B are two spring-arms.Dis a pressurebar. It is a pencil-catch. b is a cross-bent staple in theend of body A. t is across-bent staple in pressure-bar D. o 0 are twosawed slits in body A neareach side. i H isa pencil.

The advantages pertaining to my improved writing-tablet are, that itprovides a light and convenient paper and pencil holder and handwriting-desk combined, and one that can be furnished at a low price,owing to the few parts of which it is composed, and the inexpensivematerials of which they are made.

In constructing my tablet, I take a piece of wood, which forms the bodyA, and, sawing a slit, 0, near each side, lengthwise of it, nearly itswhole length, I partially detach the border-pieces or spring-arms B Bfrom the body. 1 then place the pressure-bar D so that one edge of itwill be even with the upper end of body A. Ithen lift up the ends ofspringarms B B, and nail or otherwise fasten them securely to the endsof said pressure-bar. Thus the inclination of arms B B to return totheir original position in a line with the surface of body A creates acontinuous spring-pressure between bar D and the end of body A under it.1 next place cross-bent staple b in the end application filed of body A,bending-it from its junction with said body forward toward the upperside of bar D, and thence vertically or in a line with said upper sideof bar D. Bent staple dis placed in the upper edge of bar D, being ofthe same shape as staple b, but narrow enough to be bent back toward theback side of body A, between the sides of staple b, and is bent in ahalf-circle shape on the end of A, as is staple b on the edge of bar D.Said bent staples, in addition to other uses hereinafter described, forma stop across the opening between body A and cross-bar D, by which oneend of all the sheets of paper put into the tablet will be evenlyarranged and prevented from being pushed through too far. On the frontface of bar D I attach the pencil-catch h, its lower end projectingslightly beyond the lower edge of bar D, and bent to conform to thecircular shape of a pencil.

By pressing against the outsides of staples b and i, pressure-bar D islifted off from the face of body A, and sheets of paper may he slippedin and secured by one end between bar 1) and body A-by the spring ofarms B B, as heretofore described. A pencil, H, slipped under catch h,is likewise so retained by the spring-pressure of bar D upon it.

The tablet may be conveniently hung up by either of the bent staples bor 2'. After having been written upon, a sheet may be removed from thetablet by pressing upon bent staples b and t, as above described.

A pocket or loops of leather or other similar material may be attachedto either one of spring-arms B B, or to any other convenient part of thetablet, in which to keep a pencil for use therewith; but the tablet isfreer from obstructions, and the pencil is in a more convenientposition, supported by catch h, as described.

This tablet may be constructed with the two spring-arms, similar to armsB B, made separate from the body A, to be nailed or otherwise fastenedto the edges of the body A near its lower end 5 but that mode ofconstruction would be dearer than the one I show and describeheretofore, and be no more efficient for the purpose for which it ismade.

To give additional strength to my tablet, I

put nails or screws w m w as into the edges of body A, between the lowerends of slits o 0 and the lower end of the tablet.

What I claim as new is- 1. A writing-tablet composed of the body A,spring-arms B B, pressure-bar D, bent staples b and i, and pencil-catchh, combined together and operating substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. A writing-tablet in which the springarms B B are formed from andremain a portion of the body A, by cutting the slits 0 0 nearly thewhole length of the tablet, but not detaching the arms therefrom,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a writing-tablet,/the combination of body A, spring-arms B B, andpressure-bar D, substantially as set forth.

and bent staples b and i, substantially as set forth.

GEO. M. DIMMOGK.

Witnesses:

H. A. OHAPIN, WM. H. CHAPIN.

